The big real problem is the lack of experience ppl have and mage bad reputation
As for mutations we all know that it’s literally anti-mage mechanics only
Many say it’s hard for healers cuz they stand far away or mages pull aggro. That player skill fault from mage, and the healer if he can’t handle one person far away. Even melee mess up more than mage. It’s not wep fault at the end
2nd dps wise only vg as melee int is viable in any mutation and it dose match most melee dps or even out dps it except ofc for hatchet or GS light build .
Fs is weak in pve and only good in genesis
Ig is secondary wep and good for cc
3rd lack of weps int to switch . There’s no lightening wep or arcane wep to give mages more options in mutations
When i said fs is weak is because the lock animation from it skills and light/heavy attacks that why it feel you deal less dmg and not consistently dpsing . Which explain why vg as void blade is stronger cuz of it fast light attacks
I think we need more mage weps like lightening and arcane to have more options in pve
Either remove the lock animations from heavy/light attacks or increase FS and IG base dmg
Lastly some skills from all current mages wep need rework or adjustment cuz they are useless ex: balafel tether, meteor shower, icy wind and more.
FS is the most wep that it skills need rework and adjustments
Problem is as healer you know god setup beacon, sacred, light or divine or sacred, orb, light or divine. Your heal only effect the tank and you can only single target heal dps. Image it😅
There was a run yesterday whose i was a tank. A mage took aggo and changed target, my healer friend was died like 4x that run and the mage died many time. And with normal run we done it in 22-24 min max
Also just wanted to say mages don’t stand 100m away non of the mages can use it potential full dmg that far. They stay mid-close range . They end up getting the aoe heal
As mage dps wise i did all m10 speed runs( depending on elemental modifier reduction the mutation has)
As healer i met very bad mages that end up killing me but i also met many good mages that even saved me from my healing aggro when i mess up and they always receive all my aoe heals
All the complain about mages being far is player skill issue not the wep and good mage who want to maximise dmg can’t stand far away always mid to close range and healer won’t have problem healing
Well i never meet any good mage in my weekly run. Critical would be Isabella if u have a range dps. I make run only meele dps for now. I’m to tired to see the healer or myself stress out about it
Believe me i met more melee dps that worse than what you encountered
At the end in general i never trust random groups in mutation cuz most ppl just play braindead without doing mechanics right or just mess up aggro . That also apply to some healers who just only to camp faraway and spam 1-2 aoe heals then go make coffee
Note: i used to be one of these healers before lol
That true that why i said i used to be like that thought its easy at first when i tried healing . I was very bad lol
And sadly many healers are like that in m10 radnom groups .
Well all my point is blaming the wep and not the player being bad is what make ppl just assume that any certain build is bad
I wish ppl try different builds with all kind of perks to see the full potential it can reach instead of watching tier list weps or reading fourm from random people and believe it
In my case i don’t believe on what ppl say unless i test it myself with all different perks and understand/practice whatever the build is
Also I should add, burning stacks should be able to reach 7-10 stacks or maybe even do more % burning damage.
This would solidify fire as being good for killing clumps in wars but also be good sustained DPS for mutations.
Because mages could nuke until HP is 1/3 left then finish with ice spike. With this iced refresh perk if they get the kill they get ice spike back super quick. The issue where this should be good versus actual real world application is the actual usability of ice spike is very very hard to land.
Arguably maybe besides well placed arrow shots, ice spike is the hardest skillshot to land in the game.
Therefore, the damage should be much higher or at the very least it should not be eaten up by maelstroms.
This would make mage effectiveness be much more because they could punish clumps more effectively.
Currently malestrom eating the ice spike should not be this way.
Or if maelstrom is going to eat ice spike at the very least ice spike should be reverted into a cone that offers more utility kind of like the baroness spike. Maybe not as large a wave but it should be easier to use.
It is incredibly unfair that most classes have very easy to land abilities. But for the payout of a strong ice spike requires very clunky usability, with low utility.
Where as maelstrom is utility plus damage.
Roaring rupture is utility and decent damage or relentless rush is an easy utility (the root) plus good damage.
